Lat. I have demised or leased. Demisi, coneessi, et ad firmam tradidi; have demised, granted, and to farm let The usual operative words in ancient leases, as the corresponding English words are in the modera forms. 2 Bl. Comm. 317, 318. Koch v. Hustis, 113 Wis. 599, 87 N. W. 834; Kinney y. Watts, 14 Wend. (N. Y.) 40.
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